bloodbath

noun

blood·​bath ˈbləd-ˌbath 

-ˌbäth

1

: a great slaughter

2

a

: a notably fierce, violent, or destructive contest or struggle

the campaign has become a bloodbath

b

: a major economic disaster

a market bloodbath

Synonyms

• butchery
• carnage
• death
• holocaust
• massacre
• slaughter

Examples of bloodbath in a Sentence

Thousands of people were murdered in the bloodbath.

one side was so much better armed that the battle quickly turned into a bloodbath

Recent Examples on the Web

The sixth episode of 1923 season 2, which aired on Sunday, March 30, saw the culmination of five characters' stories as a bloodbath took place in Oklahoma and a shootout broke hearts in Montana. —Julia Moore, People.com, 30 Mar. 2025

There are twice as many tributes (48: two boys and two girls from each district) for this year’s bloodbath, an annual event wherein children and teenagers are forced to fight to the death as a reminder of the districts’ failed rebellion against the Capitol. —Jessica Wang, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025

The first half showed that this would be a bloodbath in terms of intensity, and a game of back and forth scoring runs. —Erik Anderson, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2025

As the leaders of both superpowers warn of nuclear war, the fallout from the bloodbath in Ukraine is likely to reverberate for years and demonstrate once again that what happens in Europe doesn’t stay in Europe. —Clifford Krauss, airmail.news, 8 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1814, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for bloodbath

• footpath
• towpath
• warpath
• aftermath
• multipath
• psychopath
• hath
• lath
• math
• path
• rath
• spath